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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dan Case <rollright64@aol.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 01, 2018 5:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> rfraser@bluefrog.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy@cox.net><br><b>Subject:</b> mistaken id<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Ron,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Something thinking I was <a href="mailto:rollright@aol.com">rollright@aol.com</a> sent me an e-mail thread that I am not in because I am <a href="mailto:rollright64@aol.com">rollright64@aol.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes Ford made race only XHP-260 (about 35 of them) engines and almost production street/race HP260s (lots of them) but Cobras were the only direct Ford involvement street car to get them as far as I know. Holman-Moody, Griffith, Lola, and Everly (spelling ?) all used one or the other versions in new race cars with rumors of a couple of other sports car makers getting a few. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to know more I would be glad to send you a copy of my Cobra engine notes. Yes Bob Mannel is very well aware of XHP-260 and HP260 engines BUT because they never got into regular production option packages for sale at any Ford dealer he only barely touched on them in his book. Bob did the analysis of the only unrestored XHP-260 that we know of for the owner and myself years ago.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Case<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>